Wednesday, March 25, 2015

"As
Attorney General of California, it is my sworn duty to uphold the
California and United States Constitutions and to protect the rights of
all Californians. This proposal not only threatens public safety, it is
patently unconstitutional, utterly reprehensible, and has no place in a
civil society. Today, I am filing an action for declaratory relief with
the Court seeking judicial authorization for relief from the duty to
prepare and issue the title and summary for the 'Sodomite Suppression
Act.' If the Court does not grant this relief, my office will be forced
to issue a title and summary for a proposal that seeks to legalize
discrimination and vigilantism." - California Attorney General Kamala
Harris, via press release.

"Some people understand the need to
care for their health in a more natural way, but oftentimes they develop
various obsessions. They become obsessed with natural remedies, organic
foods, and so forth. This is not to say that natural medicines aren’t
great and that organic food isn’t wonderful, but once we become obsessed
with something, it’s no longer natural. That which is natural just
flows, like a river."

In the search for 'understanding,'
the mind grapples with ideas. And yet it’s only when ideas are exhausted
that any breakthrough can occur. I’m a great fan of metaphors, as any
poet or reader of poetry is bound to be. But from a Zen point of view, I
think it helps to remember that metaphor can also be like putting a
head on top of your head. Isn’t one enough?